Oh great, here we ago again with that unsubstantiated myth about V.S. and Sport Auto being in Porsche's hip pocket...

Yeah, right, if that was true do you really think V.S. would only get 5.2s for the S 0 to 60?

I think Alex M. said it well, we are talking about a bunch of great cars here. If a luxurious GT turning a 'Ring time of 7:49 is a real "dissappointment" or "failure" or whatever, forget these cars and go get something else.